Introduction: History Purge (02-08-18)
Overview
History Purge is used to permanently delete all special instructions, shipped order history information, ship to customer name pointer files, and detail history files from the Order Processing history files.
History Purge Process
To successfully purge information from Order Processing history, you must complete the following steps.
- Prepare the Work File (02-08-18-01). The Purge Work File contains all history orders (not in the open file) with a delivery date on or before the specified ending date.
- Print the Purge Audit (02-08-18-02). The Purge Audit lists all orders that are in the Purge Work File.
- Select the orders that will be purged with the Maintain Work File (02-08-18-03) selection.
- Run the Purge selection (02-08-18-04) to permanently delete the orders from history (02-08-18-04).